spoke
verb uk/spəʊk/ us/spoʊk/
（speak的过去式）
past simple of speak
spoke
noun [ C ] uk/spəʊk/ us/spoʊk/
辐条;轮辐
any of the rods that join the edge of a wheel to its centre, so giving the wheel its strength
a bicycle spoke 自行车辐条
Idiom
put a spoke in someone's wheelidiom informal 破坏（某人的）计划；阻挠（某人的）行动
to make it difficult for someone to achieve something they had planned to do
His letter really put a spoke in our wheel. 他的信确实破坏了我们的计划。